Victorian Current Acts

CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2006 - SECT 43

    (1)     The Attorney-General must cause a copy of any report prepared by the Commission in accordance with section 41(a) or (b) (as amended under subsection (2), if applicable) to be laid before each House of Parliament on or before the 6th sitting day of that House after the Attorney-General has received the report.

    (2)     The Attorney-General may amend a report received under section 41(a) or (b) if the Attorney-General considers it necessary to do so to prevent disclosure of—

        (a)     the identity of any person whose human rights have, or may have been, contravened; or

        (b)     the identity of any person who may have contravened another person's human rights; or

        (c)     information that could, in the Attorney-General's opinion, harm the public interest.

S. 43(3) amended by No. 20/2022 s. 24.

    (3)     If the Attorney-General amends the report in accordance with subsection (2), the Attorney-General must present a statement that the report has been amended when laying the report before Parliament in accordance with subsection (1).

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